The Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum was designed by Italian architect Antonio Rinaldi in the Rococo style and built between 1762 and 1768 as a summer residence of Catherine the Great. The empress did n...

Empress Anna Ioannovna was a passionate hunter whose favourite pastime was stalking game in the forests around Peterhof. In the place where Alexandria now stands, Prince Alexander Menshikov once owne...

The Gothic Chapel was the private place of worship of the family of Tsar Nicholas I. Built in the western section of Alexandria, this small church was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Karl Fri...

The Palace of Peter the Great is located next to the Konstantin Palace in Strelna. This was where Peter I originally intended to create a palace and park ensemble to rival Versailles, before problems...

The Hermitage was built on the shore of the Gulf of Finland between 1721 and 1725. Designed by Johann Friedrich Braunstein, it hosted the private, intimate suppers of the Russian monarch. The origina...

Marly was designed by Johann Friedrich Braunstein and built between 1720 and 1723. Because it stood between the large Marly Pond and four fishponds, this small royal residence was originally called t...

The history of Peterhof begins back in 1704, when travelling chambers were built for Peter the Great on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. Soon, not far from this place, work began on the cre...

The Farm was built between 1828 and 1831 not far from the Cottage in Alexandria. The original design of the building belongs to Scottish architect Adam Menelaws, with later changes introduced by Hein...

During the reign of Tsar Nicholas I, a new imperial residence appeared to the east of the Lower Park at Peterhof. In the early eighteenth century, Peter the Great had presented these lands to Prince ...

On 27 May 1895, Tsar Nicholas II wrote in his diary: “With joyous and sad feelings, I drove into dear Alexandria and entered our house by the sea. It seems so strange to live here with my wife. Altho...